DIY Book Scanner

Daniel Reetz, the founder of the DIY Book Scanner community, has recently started making videos of prototyping and shop tips. If you are tinkering with a book scanner (or any other project) in your home shop, these tips will come in handy. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn0gq8 ... g_8K1nfInQ

If you have any questions or notice any broken links, let me know. I'm happy to point you in the right direction on how to make your own.

BTW, the layout for the wooden parts he links to is meant for a CNC router. If you want to cut them out on a laser cutter, you will need to do a couple of extra post-cutting operations in order to handle the pockets. And the cradle wings which are also in that layout are meant to be cut out of 1/2" plywood while everything else is out of 3/4" plywood.

smartechs, click on the individual part descriptions. You will want to read about the purpose and details of each part in any case because that will help you make the part and fix any problems that may arise during assembly. At the bottom of the part page are links to PDFs and/or DXFs which include that file. For most of the wooden parts, there are links to a DXF of all the wooden parts laid out on a 5'x5' board.

At the bottom of that page, you will find links to a PDF drawing with dimensions, an STL 3d model, and a DXF of all the wooden parts (of which this is one piece). The PDFs are especially useful on the more complicated parts like the cradle angles and cradle wings where a simple DXF cannot describe the required part geometry. When I was manufacturing these pieces, I typically did secondary operations on a tablesaw after the CNC machine or lasercutter had cut them out.